She says that the "mess of snow and ice" cut their holidays travel plans short, but they still "got to spend a little time in good ole' Checotah," she writes, referring to her Oklahoma hometown. "Not that I needed another day of all that food! I ate so much on Christmas Eve that I thought I might actually get sick! But it was sooooo goooood! Ace got lots of good stuff, too, from his poppy. Now I have to retrain him not to beg at the dinner table."